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B. FISHER 8; J. WATSON. Horse Collar Fastening.

Patented July 20,1880

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

' Uanada, have invented UNITED STATES PATENT since.

ONTARIO CANADA.

HORSE-COLLAR FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming Application filed May 2'7, 1880.

part of Letters Patent No. 230,261,

dated July 20, 1880.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EBENEZER FISHER and JOHNWATSON, of Kincardine, Ontario, a new and useful Improvement in MetallicHorse-Collar Fastenings; and we do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our present invention relates to an improved fastening for metallichorse collars, more particularly for that for which we have receivedLetters Patent of the United States,

The fastening is constructed as herein de scribed and claimed.

In accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view. of the lower portionof a metallic collar provided with our improved fastening. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section. ig. is a plan of the same.

A A indicate the lower portions of the respective halves of our metallichorse-collar. Said parts are each struck half of a hollow cylinder,edges a, which form grooves that receive the edges of the coupling-pieceB. The latter is of like form with the parts A A, and is secured to oneof them, A, by means of a transverse bolt, O.

The catch or or plate, which is and have turned hasp D consists of aflat bar permanently attached to the bolt 0 at one end, and is providedwith a socket, b, near its free end to receive and lock with thecross-bolt E, which connects the sides of the collar part A. The freeend of the hasp is bent upward at an angle suitable to adapt it to slideover the bolt E when the two parts A A of the collar are forcedtogether, and the hasp is held in suitable position to enable it toengage with the bolt the headed rivet F and the spring G, whichencircles the latter-that is to say, the spring hasp I) downward, whilethe G presses the up in the form of E by means of rivetFlimits itsmovement in that direction. The main function of ever, to hold the hasplocked with the bolt E, so that the parts A A of the'collar shall notbecome accidentally disengaged.

The hasp being attached to part A by means of the bolt 0, it is ObVlOLlSthat the adjustment of said bolt in the different holes 0 provided inpart A will have the effect of increasing or lessening the distancebetween the bolts O E, and thereby of enlarging or contracting the sizeof the collar correspondingly.

The free end (I of the hasp D is prevented from contact with otherobjects by which it might. be pressed upward and disengaged from bolt Eby means of a bolt, H, which connects the flanges of part A, and isarranged below the'bentend of the hasp. In some cases, however, we mayarrange the catch or hasp to act in the opposite direction from thatshown-that is to say, upward.

It will be seen that the bolts O E, in addition to the functions aboveindicated, serve as rigid stays or braces for the flanges of the collarparts A A, so that the same are greatly strengthened and the durabilityof the collar increased.

By the above-described construction and arrangement of parts we form asimple, cheap, strong, and adjustable, yet secure and easilyoperated,fastening.

What we claim as new is-- The hasp having its free end bent upward andprovided with a socket, b, and the bolt F Gr, in combination with thecollar arts A A, coupling-piece B, and the crossbolt E, all constructedand arranged as shown and described.

EBENEZER FISHER. JOHN WATSON.

Witnesses:

BENJN. \VALDEN, EDWIN J FIsHEa.

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